Kim Radersma, M. Ed
Posted on 04/01/2014 7:47:54 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
“Idiocracy” is my favorite movie. It should be mandatory viewing for all “Whites” in the US.
Many parents who either have decided that their children's schools have the responsibility to train and educate their children with no input nor knowledge of actually is being taught, are most likely in the majority, an activated group in each state can bring the case for local control if, for no other reason than, it saves everyone money!!!!
Even those hooked on the "Real Housewives of Skunk Hollow," whomever Kim Kardashian is making her latest porno video with, etc., just might like to keep a bit more of their own money, assuming that they actually pay taxes!
Smart blacks are aware of this and avoid these people like lepers.
When my people came over here from Italy they occupied a place below blacks; everybody hated them and in turn they hated everybody, but they didn't care, they were delighted to be here.
In time, by their work, they elevated themselves. Once they were able to look the Americans in the eye, the old scars were no longer important.
Actually this statement pretty damn funny here in mexifornia! I happen to live close to my old High School, and back in the day we had a pretty good mix of all races, cept maybe Blacks, it being the the early 70's and the O.C.. Now while I watch the kids the sector of the student population I see a marked reduction in are the Whites, not the so called Whites, (White Hispanics)but Whites! I'm not saying it's good or bad, just a reality taking place across America and this White privilege crap is a farce and has been for decades.
Ahh, but you see LJ, that would destroy the narrative that “whitey” just has everything handed to him and does everything they can to keep the AA community down...it’s all just one big conspiracy. /s
But then again, I think we both already know that...
“I began to realize that when white people are alone, they give things to each other for free.”
https://screen.yahoo.com/white-000000112.html
I’ve noticed among younger kids, middle school and elementary school, there is a much greater anger and disdain toward blacks than I have seen in my lifetime. I hear the dreaded n word often from kids.
This whole social justice thing is going to backfire big time. I have not heard too many girls with this attitude but a lot in the boys. I have to admit to being limited to the children in my area, but the anger and ridicule is unlike anything I have witnessed in children even when I was in school in the seventies and early eighties. Has anyone else noticed this?
No.
All people are not racist.
Some are unable to detect more than one race (humanity) and intermarry willy nilly with a broad melting pot of a family. They often attend churches full of like perspective families.
You may not be one of those.
They may be a small minority.
But they do exist.
I think of myself as more of a Culturist. Yes, not all cultures are equal...But you can choose your culture, you don’t choose your race.
But how do you get them to let go of the NEA’s teat? The one that pays for every kid in some kind of meal program, the one that pays for every butt in a school seat? Regardless of actual proficiency in the basics?
We have “parents” who just don’t “have the time” to get involved...in just about any activity and we’re supposed to believe that they’ll suddenly get involved in education?
I agree with your points, but I think it’s going to take a lot more than showing them it saves money, especially if the vast majority of those “parents” are already on the dole.
“Teaching is a political act, and you can’t choose to be neutral. You are either a pawn used to perpetuate a system of oppression or you are fighting against it,” Radersma said during the session. “And if you think you are neutral, you are a pawn.”
She said educators need to challenge the system, otherwise they are giving in to white supremacy. Radersma also argued the first step is realizing that all white people are carrying the signs of oppression.
“Being a white person who does anti-racist work is like being an alcoholic. I will never be recovered by my alcoholism, to use the metaphor,” Radersma said. “I have to everyday wake up and acknowledge that I am so deeply imbedded with racist thoughts and notions and actions in my body that I have to choose everyday to do anti-racist work and think in an anti-racist way.”
She argued that until white people admit they have a problem, they will not be able to fight against white privilege.
“We’ve been raised to be good. ‘I’m a good white person,’ and yet to realize I carry within me these dark, horrible thoughts and perceptions is hard to admit. And yet like the alcoholic, what’s the first step? Admitting you have a problem,” she told the session attendees.
Multiple educators attended the breakout session of about 50 people and seemed very interested in how to bring the ideals of social justice and white privilege into the classroom. One attendee, a teacher and the diversity director at his school, spoke about the activities he is implementing and said it is important for teachers and administrators to discuss social justice with their students. Radersma echoed his sentiment.
“If you don’t want to work for equity, get the fuck out of education,” Radersma said. “If you are not serious about being an agent of change that helps stifle the oppressive systems, go find another job. Because you are a political figure.”
http://www.maciverinstitute.com/2014/04/White-Privilege-Conf-Teacher/
All people are not racist.
If for no other reason than we must contemplate if someone of a different race that we just met is racist against us, just entertaining the thought for even an instant makes one racist to some degree.
Right there with ya! Cheers to our next drink!
Isn’t assuming things about people based on their race/ethnicity the definition of racism?
Some are unable to detect more than one race (humanity) and intermarry willy nilly with a broad melting pot of a family. They often attend churches full of like perspective families.
Radersma told the group she thinks that students of color cannot learn as well from white teachers.
“My partner, who is a man, can’t tell you about feminism. He knows a lot about it. He considers himself a feminist, but you want to learn feminism from him? No,” she commented during the session. “You need to learn feminism from a woman. You need to learn what it is like to be a woman from a woman. He can’t teach that. I can’t teach students of color nearly as well as a person of color can.”
Another topic of discussion was how white people’s actions, like donating to charity or helping a family in need, are inherently racist. A white attendee of the conference told a story about how her family donated school supplies to one of her classmates when she was in first grade because the family could not afford them.
The receiving family had moved from India, according to the attendee. While she was happy to be helping when it happen years ago, she was now questioning her family’s motives.
“It was like ‘well why don’t you swoop in and save the day and give her all this stuff because we can afford to do that for them’ kind of mentality,” she said in the session.
Radersma agreed and said the family that was helped likely felt discriminated against.
http://www.maciverinstitute.com/2014/04/White-Privilege-Conf-Teacher/
Well, yes it is.
Is it any more wrong than being more cautious around people dressed a certain way or exhibiting certain behaviors?
Kim Radersma, M. Ed
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